4 ms·
In Chicago the wards that make up Chicago are called Community Areas, nothing really confusing about it if you live in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co
by Kique 6y ago
In Chicago the wards that make up Chicago are called Community Areas, nothing really confusing about it if you live in Chicago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago
- mumblemumble 6y agoNot really. Compare the community area map from that Wikipedia article to the (relatively recent) aldermanic ward map from this article: https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/01/25/chicagos-50-wardsthe-jigsaw-version https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/01/25/ch...
- C1sc0cat 6y agoOh so some Areas don't have any Access do they do not have phone service and ADSL.
- HarryHirsch 6y agoYou'd think it's precisely that: the poorer areas only have shitty DSL. The vote was over if Comcast gets the cable concession for the wealthy areas are they also required to build out the poorer ones.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoAh I see, interestingly some of the posh (expensive) areas in London campaigned against high speed roll out as the CABS where to big and unsightly. I assume they worded the motion obscurely to avoid people voting against giving the "poors" access to faster BB
- chaps 6y agoThis is incorrect. Community areas and wards are two very separate things. The "History" section of your link even explains the history of why community areas are used in place of wards.